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单词 quagmire
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quagmire
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkwɒɡ.maɪər/us
/ˈkwæɡ.maɪr/
anareaofsoft,wetgroundthat yousinkinto if youtrytowalkon it:
沼泽地，泥潭
At the end of thegame, thepitchwas arealquagmire.在比赛最后阶段，场地变得一片泥泞。
adifficultanddangeroussituation:
困境，危险的境地
Since thecoup, thecountryhassunkdeeperinto a quagmire ofviolenceandlawlessness.自政变以来，该国越来越陷入了一种暴力肆虐、法律缺失的境地。
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
(Definition ofquagmirefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

quagmire| American Dictionary

quagmire
noun[C]
us
/ˈkwæɡˌmɑɪər,ˈkwɑɡ-/
asituationthat caneasilytrapyou so that youbecomeinvolvedwithproblemsfrom which it isdifficulttoescape:
When Itriedto get mytaxsituationstraightenedout with thegovernment, Iraninto abureaucraticquagmire.
(Definition ofquagmirefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquagmire

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A lot of people are trying to lead me into quagmires at the moment.
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They see the quagmires of self-indulgence and delay.
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Our chief enemy has been the weather, for two months of heavy and continual rain turned the ground into quagmires, which meant that our forces became practically roadbound.
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Great stretches of those ancient green lanes are reduced to muddy quagmires in wet weather and rendered almost impassable by ruts—sometimes up to 2 ft deep even in dry weather.
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Whether their ventures fall prey to the same turf wars, bureaucratic quagmires and academic catfights as the site that spawned them remains to be seen.
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The competencyquagmire: clarification of the nursing perspective concerning the issues of competence and informed consent.
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One significant reason for this was that drivers often took shortcuts across unpaved roads, which after rains became nothing more than quagmires.
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The going was difficult, because the weather had been rainy and windy, and the troops and wagons turned the roads into muddy quagmires.
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The weather soon deteriorated again, with the roads once more turning into impassable, muddy quagmires.
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Out of thequagmireof plant defense hypotheses.
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Is it likely that all these great industrial nations went on deliberately throwing millions of pounds into aquagmire?
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To use my own expression, it is aquagmire.
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We want to get out of thisquagmire.
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The thing is put in a perfectquagmireof confusion.
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Is it not better to start from high ground to make your rise rather than to start from aquagmireto take a jump?
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